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  2. SHIP'S CARGO AFIRE.

    A case of peroxide dropped 6ft in No. I hold of the Japanese steamer Yae Maru at No. 1 wharf, Walsh Bay, yesterday, and started a fire which ...

    Article : 540 words
  3. BEACON TEST BY PLANE.

    The immediate necessity for obtaining a plane to test radio beacons was urged on the Civil Aviation Board on February 21 last by its superintendent ...

    Article : 1,265 words
  4. ELECTIONS IN U.S.A.

    The public's verdict on the New Deal will be given to-day, when 40,000,000 Americans in all States except Maine will vote. ...

    Article : 379 words
  5. MEMBERS' ANGRY EXCHANGES.

    The House met in a tense atmosphere because of the Cabinet changes announced by Mr. Lyons on the previous day. At that stage most members ...

    Article : 2,313 words
  6. FIREMEN SUBDUE BLAZE IN SHIP'S HOLD.

    Firemen, wreathed in smoke, directing a hose into the forward hold of the Japanese steamer Yae Maru in Walsh Bay yesterday, when a fire resulted from the explosion of a case of peroxide. Fifty firemen, many equipped with smoke helmets, worked in dense fumes to extinguish the fire, which did considerable damage to the cargo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  7. MR. BEVIN SEES AUSTRALIA. Advice to Britain.

    Mr. Ernest Bevin, secretary or the Transport Workers' Union, in an interview yesterday, on his return from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, said ...

    Article : 581 words
  8. UNEMPLOYMENT TAX.

    A bill introduced by the Premier, Mr. Forgan Smith, in Parliament to-day abolishes unemployment relief tax in Queensland, and provides for the ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. STRIKE OVER.

    A mass meeting of employees of Lysaght's Newcastle galvanised iron works decided to-day on a general re sumption of work, in accordance with a ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. BRITAIN IN FAR EAST. JAPAN'S THREAT.

    In a leading article entitled "Charge it to Munich," the New York "HeraldTribune" says: "The relentlessness with which the Japanese have pushed ...

    Article : 349 words
  11. THE CALL-UP.

    There will be a call-up for employment today. Details appear on page 31, column 8. ...

    Article : 18 words
  12. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 words
  13. THREE MEN BURIED.

    Three men employed by the Railway Department at Caringbah, were buried in earth and timber when scaffolding collapsed yesterday. They were working in an excavation, ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. FOREIGN FILMS.

    It is expected that a bill will be introduced in the State Parliament soo[?] to give exhibitors the right to reject 25 per cent, of foreign films submitted to them, compared ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 280 words
  16. TENSE SITUATION LIKELY TO EASE.

    The events of the last two days are likely to ease the tense situation that has been developing for months because of Cabinet disunity. ...

    Article : 885 words
  17. RESCUE AT THE GAP.

    Sergeant Corbett and Constable Gibb had a desperate struggle with a man at the Gap last night before they dragged him to safety. The two policemen went to the scene by car ...

    Article : 105 words
  18. FEDERAL HOUSE.

    The House of Representatives to-day continued to consider the provisions of the Apple and Pear Organisation Bill, which aims princlpally at establishing an export board to ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. HIGH TREASON TRIAL.

    The Berin correspondent of the "NewsChronicle" says that, as a sequel to the recent trial of Communists at the People's Court on charges of treason, the scene is being set ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. NEWS FOR AUSTRALIA. Report That 4,000 Are Coming.

    Australia House is unable to confirm a report by the Berlin correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" that the British authorities in Germany have granted 4,000 out of 70,000 ...

    Article : 78 words
  21. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 280 words
  22. MR. GURTIN'S COMMENT.

    Commenting on the Federal Cabinet changes the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Curtin, said to-day that he could see no reason for increasing the Cabinet strength to 15, of whom ...

    Article : 125 words
  23. MR. LANG REPLIES.

    "Mr. Bevin's examination of the position in this State could not have been as thorough as it should have been," said the leader of the State Labour Party, Mr. Lang, last night. ...

    Article : 193 words
  24. TELEVISION PLANS.

    The Paramount Company has announced that it will begin immediately to manufacture television sets, and to establish broadcasting stations. ...

    Article : 105 words
  25. FLOUR PRICE FALLS.

    The price of flour will decline 5/, to £7/15/ a ton, from this morning. This will make the second decrease this month, a 5/ fall having been recorded ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. LIKELY CHANGES IN CIVIL AVIATION CONTROL.

    The reorganisation of the adminlstiation of the Defence Department has been made necessary by the separatlon of works and civil aviation from the portfolio of Defence, and ...

    Article : 211 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  28. ENGINEERS TO BLOW UP BRIDGE.

    A disused railway bridge 35 feet high will be blown up by members ot the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers, to-day as part of their training. The squudron is in ...

    Article : 50 words
  29. MR. HEFFRON APPROVES.

    "Mr. Bevin is correct in seeing the New South Wales situation as the effective bar to the election of a Federal Labour Government," said Mr. Heffron. M.L.A. leader of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. BRITISH DOMESTICS SAVE PENNIES.

    "Hundreds of British domestics are saving their pennies to obtain the fare to paradise. which is how scores of young women who have migrated and become domestic workers ...

    Article : 101 words
  31. MAN ORDERED TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND.

    George Buckingham, an Austiallan, was charged in the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch to-day with being idle and disorderly, and with having no visible means of support, ...

    Article : 104 words
  32. LIQUID FUEL PRODUCTION.

    Plans for future aetivities were considered to-day by the standing committee on liquid fuels, which met for the second time at the Commonwealth offfices in Melbourne. ...

    Article : 99 words
  33. FAN DANCER FINED.

    Sally Rand, the fan dancer, was fined 100 dollars (£A.25) for having assauited a spcetal. who took photographs of her dance. The Judge, when refusing a retrial said ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. AIR MAIL DELAYED.

    The British air mail, which was due at Rose Bay at 4.15 p.m. yesterday, is 24 hours late, and will not arrive in Sydney until this afternoon. ...

    Article : 45 words
  35. SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PICTURE THEATRES.

    Programmes of Suburhan and Country Pre[?] Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement Columns. ...

    Article : 20 words
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